10 1 of Columbia or any of his deputies, and any such conveyance 2 so seized, regardless of its value, shall be proceeded against 3 in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia by libel 4 action brought in the name of the District of Columbia by 5 the Corporation Counsel or any of his assistants, and shall, 6 unless good cause be shown to the contrary, be forfeited 7 to the District of Columbia and shall be made available for 8 the use of any agency of the government of the District of 9 Columbia, or otherwise disposed of as the District of Colum10 bia Council may, by regulation, provide, except that (a) 11 no conveyance used by any person as a common carrier 12 shall be forfeited under this Act unless it shall appear that 13 the owner or other person in charge of such conveyance was 14 a consenting party or privy to a violation of this Act; and 15 (b) no conveyance shall be forfeited under the provisions 16 of this section by reason of any act or omission established 17 by the owner thereof to have been committed or omitted by 18 any person other than such owner while such conveyance was unlawfully in the possession of a person other than the 20 owner in violation of the criminal laws of the United States, 19 21 or of the District of Columbia, or of any State. If there be 22 any bona fide lien against the property so forfeited, the gov23 ernment of the District of Columbia may make payment of 24 such lien and retain the property, or the property shall be 25 disposed of by public auction. The proceeds of the sale of 11 1 such property shall be available, first, for the payment of all 2 expenses incident to such forfeiture: and, second, for the 3 payment of such liens; and the remainder shall be deposited 4 in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Dis5 trict of Columbia. To the extent necessary, liens against said 6 property so forfeited shall, on good cause shown by the 7 lienor, be transferred from the property to the proceeds of 8 the sale of the property." 9 TITLE VI-AUTHORIZE THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO MORE FULLY UTILIZE POLICE RE 10 13 SEC. 601. (a) The Commissioner of the District of 14 Columbia (hereinafter, "Commissioner") is authorized to 15 select, organize, train, and equip as reserve police officers 16 (hereinafter, "reserve officers") individuals who may volun17 teer for duty in connection with the policing of the District 18 of Columbia: Provided, That the Commissioner shall, with 19 respect to the selection of such reserve officers. establish 20 such standards relating to personal character and physical 21 and mental health, as will best insure the proper performance 22 of their duties: Provided further, That such reserve officers 23 shall be given such training in the use of firearms as the 24 Commissioner deems appropriate to the performance of the 25 duties to which they will be assigned. Reserve officers shall 12 1 have such of the powers, and perform such of the duties of 2 regular officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force 3 of the District, as the Commissioner may vest in and impose 4 upon them. Reserve officers shall serve without compensation, 5 but otherwise shall be considered employees of the govern6 ment of the District of Columbia and members of the Metro7 politan Police force for all purposes and under all provisions 8 of law except those relating to retirement, insurance, health 9 benefits, veterans' preference, or any other law under which 10 benefits are made available only to compensated employees 11 of such government, unless otherwise provided in this title 12 or in regulations adopted pursuant to this title. The pro13 visions of the Act approved July 7, 1898 (30 Stat. 666; 14 D.C. Code, sec. 1-215) or of any other law prohibiting the 15 acceptance by the District of Columbia of volunteer services 16 shall not apply to the acceptance of volunteer services of reserve police officers pursuant to this title. 17 18 (b) The District of Columbia Council is authorized to 19 make rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this 20 title, including, without limitation, (1) provisions for suspen21 sion or dismissal of reserve officers, with or without trial, 22 and (2) provisions prohibiting, permitting, regulating, and 23 controlling the possession, carrying, and use by reserve offi24 cers of weapons (including firearms). SEC. 602. (a) Reserve officers serving under the au 71-472 O-72-3 7 13 1 thority of this title shall be deemed to be employees of the 2 District of Columbia for the purposes of eligibility under 3 subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code 4 (relating to compensation for work injuries), and any sub5 sequent amendment thereto. Said subchapter shall apply 6 and be administered by the Secretary of Labor in the same manner and to the same extent as if such reserve officer were 8 a civil employee of the District of Columbia injured while 9 in the performance of his duty: Provided, That for purposes 10 of benefit computation under said subchapter, regardless of 11 pay or status, such reserve officer shall be deemed to have 12 had a monthly pay of one-twelfth of the current annual rate 13 of basic compensation for a police private, class 1, subclass 14 (a), in the Metropolitan Police force who had been em15 ployed for the same length of time that the reserve officer 16 had been selected as a member of the reserve force. 17 (b) For the purposes of section 8116 (c) of title 5, 18 United States Code, in determining the rights of all em19 ployees of the District of Columbia, including reserve offi 20 cers under this title, the term "United States" shall be 21 deemed to include the District of Columbia. 2 2 2 2 22 SEC. 603. The Commissioner is authorized to delegate 23 any function vested in him by this title. 24 SEC. 604. Appropriations are hereby authorized to 25 carry out the purposes of this title. 5 SEC. 701. Subsection (a) of section 7 of the District 6 of Columbia Traffic Act, 1925, as amended (D.C. Code, 7 sec. 40-301 (a)), is amended by adding at the end thereof 8 the following new paragraph: 9 "(7) Any officer or member of any police force operat10 ing in the District of Columbia shall be issued, without charge, 11 a permit to operate Government-owned vehicles, including 12 passenger vehicles, motorcycles, and motor bicycles, while 13 engaged in official business, upon the presentation of a certifi14 cate from the chief of such police force or his delegate, to the 15 effect that he is assigned to operate a Government vehicle and 16 is qualified to drive, and upon proving to the satisfaction of 17 the Director of Motor Vehicles that he is familiar with the 18 traffic regulations of the District of Columbia." 19 TITLE VIII-AUTHORIZE PAYMENT FOR LABOR 20 21 222 23 OF IMPRISONED PERSONS SEC. 801. Section 1192 of the Act of March 3, 1901 (D.C. Code, sec. 24-412), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 1192. Persons sentenced to imprisonment in any 24 facility of the Department of Corrections may be employed 25 at such labor and under such regulations as may be pre |